26.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Blue Knob · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Blue Knob
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much higher rate of people needing daily help than the national figure marks the health landscape in Blue Knob. While long-term health conditions are slightly less common here than across Australia, specific challenges like mental health are more prevalent.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 10.5% of residents, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 8.0%. Overall, 26.7% of people have a long-term health condition, a result that is a little below the Australian average of 27.7%.
10.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Blue Knob, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is far more common here than in most similar areas. At 9.0%, this is well above both the state and national figures of 5.8%.
9.0% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Blue Knob [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10415/blue-knob/topic/health-disability